An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

Name: An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…
Author: Joseph Caryl

An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second, being the five last, chapters of the book of Job being the substance of fifty-two lectures or meditations / by Joseph Caryl ...

Joseph Caryl 1602–1673London: printed by M. and S. Simmons, 1666

[16], 1036, [26] p. · 442k words · Wing C777 · ESTC R19353

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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 38 › Verse 28-30

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The Dew is very useful and beneficial to the earth two ways or in two things chiefly.

The Dew is very useful and beneficial to the earth two wayes or in two things chiefly.

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First, I• moistens the earth: Secondly, It cools the earth. When Isaac was giving the blessing to Jacob, he put this in particularly (Gen. 27.28.) God give thee of the Dew of Heaven, & the fatness of the earth, and plenty of Corn and Wine; implying that the fatness of the earth causing plenty of Corn and Wine, is caused by the Dew of Heaven. Answerable to this blessing given by Isaac to his son Jacob, is that promise or prophecy given out by Moses (Deut. 33.28.) The Fountain of Jacob shall be upon a Land of Corn and W•ne; also his Heavens shall drop down Dew. By the Fountain of Jacob some understand the posterity of Jacob, or the whole house of Israel spread ab•oad like the overflowing of a Fountain, to which David seems to allude (Psal. 68.26.) Bless ye God in the Congregations, even the Lord from the Fountain of Israel, or (as the words may be rendered) Ye that are of the Fountain of Israel. Now, saith Moses, in that Prophecy, The Fountain ⟨p. 225⟩of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; that is, upon a plentiful land: also his heavens shall drop down Dew; that is, he shall have the best blessings of heaven: Temporal blessings (as Canaan was of heaven) being but a shadow of spiritual and eternal blessings. And when the Lord would show how plenteous in mercy (chiefly in spiritual mercies) he would be to his people, he saith (

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